10 Feb 1950
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1950
Page
1
Edward Lindsay recently returned from a three week Western European tour with American editors to study the Economic Cooperation administration and wage differences. The article notes British craftsmen earning less than their American counterparts as part of broader wage comparisons.
Berlin and London trade and building experts discuss European housing practices and U S construction methods. R O Lloyd of Lloyd Cross Ltd notes higher bricklayer wages in Washington and argues for more factory work and finished plans. East Germany Berlin blockade tensions rise as McCloy hints at countermeasures and frontier guards slow truck traffic at Helmstedt.
Observers note the Commons building damaged by a wartime bomb now undergoing restoration. In a century old project started around 1850, brick and stone walls and the vaulted roof are being rebuilt exactly as earlier craftsmen did, preserving a sense of enduring society.
Cloudy with mild temperatures and partial clouds through today and Saturday. Low tonight 32 to 38, high Saturday 45 to 50. Thurstday lows around 37, today 38 at 7 am, 39 this pm, high 63 at noon. Sunrise 7:01, sunset 5:28. Precipitation 0 inches since 7 am today. Winds 30 miles recorded between 7 am yesterday and 7 am today, averaging 1.2 mph. Crab Orchard Lake 6 inches above spillway yesterday. Little Grassy Lake 6 inches below spillway yesterday. Mississippi River 13 feet at Grand Tower today, steady in 24 hours.
A 38 hour revival at Wheaton College ended with Dr. W Raymond Edman closing the public testimonial as about 1 500 students and 110 faculty joined in prayer. More than 900 filled Pierce Memorial chapel while 50 continued in a smaller room.
Fire underwriters warned that nurses underwear can spark an explosion in operating rooms. Silk and nylon fabrics used in Emory University tests were barred due to static electricity risks with anesthetic gases. Cotton was rated safest as it produces no sparking.
Five youths were arrested on kidnapping and assault with intent to rape a young college librarian in Denham Mass. Ann McCarty, 22, a college graduate, alerted police after being thrown from a car. Authorities say the assailants did not know their target. A car pulled up beside her, another drove up, and she was forced into the vehicle.
Two American soldiers Sgt. John Frankey and Corp. Paul Abel confessed to kidnapping Austrian citizen Oswald Eder for a Soviet-directed agency last November. They were paid 7 000 shillings (250) and said they surrendered after exposure of the ring in Austria.
An Air Force C-54 transport from Great Falls air base crashed into a mountain about 40 miles southeast of Great Falls last night. All three crewmen were killed and their burned bodies recovered by a rescue party this morning. The victims names are being withheld temporarily.
East St. Louis Illinois February 10 UP the proprietor of a new gambling establishment invited the press to visit his place. A reporter toured rooms filled with dice poker tables and roulette wheels and asked if raids worried him. The manager admitted fear of closure before publication. State's Attorney Carter and Sheriff Fischer were away on vacation, with officers reporting. Carter was elected last year on an anti gambling platform.
President Truman vows to attack the Republican record rather than their platform in the 1950 election. Some Republicans including Senator Irving Ives agree the record in Congress matters more than declarations though others warn against dismissing the administration’s drift toward socialism. Senate Republican Owen Brewster says about four fifths of Republicans back most of the declaration.
A federal injunction curbed four Lewis contract demands amid the coal strike. Judge Keech limited union shop, welfare fund provision, willing and able work terms, and memorial periods, as UMW attorneys prepared an appeal. White House eyes Taft-Hartley action to push miners back to work.
The Federal Agriculture Department will hold a public hearing on March 7 in Murphysboro to consider a proposed federal milk pricing program for 13 Southern Illinois counties. Prairie Farms requests the order to set minimum prices for producers, with two thirds of area producers voting to approve, and it would apply on a pool basis benefiting all shippers and preserving the local market.
Klaus Fuchs, a German born British atom scientist, confessed to passing vital atomic secrets to the Soviet Union since 1942. He faces trial at Old Bailey on two counts of violating official secrets acts, with a maximum 14 year sentence if convicted.
West Germany's Parliament backed 105 million deutsche marks to aid Western Berlin reconstruction. The bill channels European recovery funds and German federal money for the power station, which the Russians had stripped early in occupation. Debate blocked a larger plan to spend 3.4 billion marks for jobs for about one million unemployed.
Directors of the Southern Illinois Historical Society met at Hotel Roberts in Carbondale and fixed the annual Spring meeting for Friday May 5 in Carmi. The board passed a tribute resolution for the late L O Trigg Eldrado publisher and famed conductor of Ozark tours in Southern Illinois. Attorney Scerial Thompson of Harrisburg, board president, presided at the meeting.
Solicitor General Philip B. Perlman urged the Supreme Court to end segregation in schools. He argued the separate but equal doctrine violates the Constitution and is racial discrimination. Perlman filed a friend of the court brief supporting two Negro students in cases the court will hear next month, noting the 14th Amendment guarantees equal protection and civil rights for all.
Budapest reports American businessman Robert E. Vogeler will be tried February 17 on espionage and sabotage charges. He, as European head of International Telephone and Telegraph, has been held since November 18. Also to be tried are Edgar Sanders and five Hungarian nationals. government says Vogeler and Sanders confessed guilt. The State Department ordered Hungary's New York and Cleveland consulates closed after a dispute over access to Vogeler and another American.
Kent TM Keller of Ava, former congressman and Democratic aspirant for the 26th district, was described as much improved by a physician at Herrin hospital today after entering the hospital Wednesday with pneumonia.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.